I've just downloaded the Google Toolbar onto my work computer - not only does it block almost all popup ads (woo!) but it also has a 'blog this' button - so I can click on it, and instantly a little window pops up in which I can write my weblog. Pretty groovy!

We've had wonderful weather lately - Ben and i spent weekend driving around the area getting to know places, which included going for a lovely little walk in Bursledon (where we'd live if we had £500k to spend on a house) and sitting on the beach in Highcliffe. The area we live in really is wonderful. We went to a place called Buckler's Hard, which is a museum with a nice place to sit near the river... and we met Bob, the General Manager of USSU! How bizarre. It was lovely to have a chat with him.

I'm looking forward to this weekend, and I hope the weather stays as it is at the moment. We're going sailing on Saturday with Ben's family (no idea whether we're talking tiny one man boats or big yachts) and it's my 23rd birthday on Sunday, so I'm having a think about what I want to do then. Time's going very fast at the moment - we've been renting our ickle flat for almost 2 months now! When Ben gets a job (and he is applying for his idea job at the moment) we're going to be straight down to Nationwide/Abbey National/Natwest etc etc to find the best mortgage deal for us, and then hopefully by Christmas we could be in a house of our own. A very exciting thought.

I'm writing in a tiny window so I can't quite tell how much I've written, but I hvae a feeling it's quite a lot. Anyhow, I should probably get to work.....!